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Mennonite Church Member Profile, 1989

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TAXEVASN (Weighted by WTFACTOR)

Church members have often disagreed on the morality or immorality (rightness or wrongness) of certain kinds of activities or behaviors. For every item listed, circle the number of the appropriate response column, thus indicating whether you consider the behavior to be "always wrong" (i.e. under all conditions), "sometimes wrong" (i.e. under some conditions, whether few or many), or "never wrong." If quite uncertain circle the 4. - Income tax evasion (not reporting all incomes as required)

	1) Always wrong
	2) Sometimes wrong
	3) Never wrong
	4) Uncertain

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Always wrong	2748	89.5%	89.5%
Sometimes wrong	247	8%	97.5%
Never wrong	12	.4%	97.9%
Uncertain	62	2%	99.9%
Missing	18	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Church (I-CHURCH)

	MC	GCMC	MBC	BCC	EMC	TOTAL
Always wrong	87.9% 1220	87.6% 718	94.4% 527	93.3% 235	94.1% 48	89.5% 2748
Sometimes wrong	9.1% 127	9.8% 80	4.5% 25	5.2% 13	3.9% 2	8.0% 247
Never wrong	0.6% 8	0.4% 3	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	2.4% 33	2.3% 19	0.9% 5	1.6% 4	2.0% 1	2.0% 62
Missing	6	7	2	2	0	17
TOTAL	100.0% 1388	100.0% 820	100.0% 558	100.0% 252	100.0% 51	3069

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	87.0% 1242	91.9% 1490	15	89.6% 2732
Sometimes wrong	10.8% 154	5.7% 92	1	8.1% 246
Never wrong	0.8% 11	0.1% 2	0	0.4% 13
Uncertain	1.5% 21	2.3% 38	4	1.9% 59
Missing	4	14	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 1428	100.0% 1622	20	3050

Age (I-AGE)

	Under 30	30 - 39	40 - 49	50 - 64	65 & over	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	83.4% 457	87.6% 598	89.0% 463	93.1% 689	93.7% 522	19	89.5% 2729
Sometimes wrong	12.6% 69	9.5% 65	9.0% 47	5.4% 40	4.5% 25	1	8.1% 246
Never wrong	0.7% 4	0.7% 5	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	3.3% 18	2.2% 15	1.5% 8	1.5% 11	1.6% 9	0	2.0% 61
Missing	3	3	2	3	7	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 548	100.0% 683	100.0% 520	100.0% 740	100.0% 557	20	3048

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Single	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	84.5% 354	90.0% 2208	95.8% 136	87.0% 47	3	89.5% 2745
Sometimes wrong	10.7% 45	8.1% 199	0.7% 1	5.6% 3	0	8.1% 248
Never wrong	0.7% 3	0.4% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	4.1% 17	1.5% 36	3.5% 5	7.4% 4	1	2.0% 62
Missing	6	12	0	0	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 419	100.0% 2452	100.0% 142	100.0% 54	4	3067

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt HS grad	H.S. grad	Some coll.	Coll. grad	Grad schl	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	91.0% 636	88.0% 740	89.6% 502	88.1% 274	90.6% 587	9	89.5% 2739
Sometimes wrong	5.7% 40	8.7% 73	8.0% 45	10.9% 34	8.3% 54	2	8.0% 246
Never wrong	0.1% 1	1.1% 9	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0	0.4% 13
Uncertain	3.1% 22	2.3% 19	2.1% 12	1.0% 3	0.8% 5	2	2.0% 61
Missing	9	5	2	0	2	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 699	100.0% 841	100.0% 560	100.0% 311	100.0% 648	13	3059

Place of residence (I-WHERLIVE)

	U.S.	Canada	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	89.7% 1869	89.3% 838	92.9% 13	28	89.6% 2720
Sometimes wrong	8.1% 169	8.1% 76	7.1% 1	1	8.1% 246
Never wrong	0.3% 7	0.4% 4	0.0% 0	1	0.4% 11
Uncertain	1.8% 38	2.1% 20	0.0% 0	4	1.9% 58
Missing	9	9	0	0	18
TOTAL	100.0% 2083	100.0% 938	100.0% 14	34	3035

Nationality (I-NTNLTY)

	Swiss/South German/Alsatian	Dutch/North German/Prussian/Russian	British	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	88.8% 1022	90.5% 1241	87.5% 105	89.5% 204	175	89.6% 2572
Sometimes wrong	9.1% 105	7.5% 103	9.2% 11	7.0% 16	11	8.2% 235
Never wrong	0.5% 6	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	1.6% 18	1.8% 25	3.3% 4	2.2% 5	10	1.8% 52
Missing	3	8	2	0	0	13
TOTAL	100.0% 1151	100.0% 1372	100.0% 120	100.0% 228	196	2871

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Lt 20K	20-29K	30-39K	40-49K	50K & up	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	90.4% 562	88.4% 641	89.8% 475	86.5% 346	90.9% 491	233	89.3% 2515
Sometimes wrong	7.6% 47	9.1% 66	7.4% 39	10.3% 41	8.3% 45	9	8.5% 238
Never wrong	0.2% 1	1.0% 7	0.6% 3	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.4% 12
Uncertain	1.9% 12	1.5% 11	2.3% 12	3.0% 12	0.7% 4	11	1.8% 51
Missing	4	2	3	0	2	0	11
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 725	100.0% 529	100.0% 400	100.0% 540	253	2816

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	Democrat	Republican	Independnt	Missing	TOTAL
Always wrong	84.1% 338	92.2% 1040	90.3% 65	1305	90.1% 1443
Sometimes wrong	13.2% 53	6.2% 70	6.9% 5	119	8.0% 128
Never wrong	0.7% 3	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	5	0.5% 8
Uncertain	2.0% 8	1.2% 13	2.8% 2	39	1.4% 23
Missing	0	4	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 402	100.0% 1128	100.0% 72	1468	1602